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His father grew up in Jamaica's shantytownsand impoverished countryside, but he was raisedin a well-to-do neighborhood. Actually, two well-to-doneighborhoods: one in Jamaica and one in Miami.So does Damian (Jr. Gong) Marley, the youngest sonof Bob, have the right to sing about the ghettosand poverty of his native country?That's the questionthe Marley family's latest hitmaker has been answering ever since his infectious [Dancehall] single"Welcome to Jamrock" hit the U.S. radio waves this summer.~~Chris Riemenschneider